syllable

in words of one syllable

In simple terms that are easy to understand. (Usually implying that the listener is unintelligent.) You're helping my brother set up his computer? Be sure you explain things in words of one syllable.
See also: of, one, syllable, word

words of one syllable

Very simple words; terms that are easy to understand. You're an astrophysicist and I'm not, so please, explain this concept in words of one syllable so I might have a chance of understanding it!
See also: of, one, syllable, word
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

words of one syllable, in

In simple terms, as in I don't understand financial derivatives-can you explain them in words of one syllable? [Colloquial; 1920s]
See also: of, one, word
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

in words of one syllable

If you explain something to someone in words of one syllable, you explain it very simply and clearly. I'm sure I don't have to spell things out in words of one syllable to you. He wanted to know if I would help out. I told him in words of one syllable that I would not. Note: You sometimes use this expression to suggest that the other person is stupid or slow to understand something.
See also: of, one, syllable, word
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

in words of one syllable

using very simple language; expressed plainly.
1994 Canal & Riverboat Bear with me then, if I use words of one syllable now and again, in this series of articles for L drivers.
See also: of, one, syllable, word
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

in words of one ˈsyllable

using very simple language so that somebody will understand: They didn’t seem to understand my explanation, so I explained it all again in words of one syllable.
See also: of, one, syllable, word
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • in words of one syllable
  • words of one syllable, in
  • words of one syllable
  • Do I have to draw (you) a picture?
  • Do I have to draw a picture?
  • Do I have to draw you a picture?
  • Do I have to paint a picture?
  • Do I have to paint you a picture?
  • Do I have to spell it out (for you)?
  • Do I need to paint (you) a picture?
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Strict temporal analysis, as Tsur shows via scrutinizing Thomas Cable's "Pause" entry in the New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, will assign an "unrealized beat" (a metrical, usually weak, position that is held by a pause instead of a syllable) between two adjacent stressed syllables.
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Also one never sees a weak syllable corresponding with this down-beat.
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In the development of phonological skills, there is a gradual progression beginning with the ability to manipulate words, followed by syllable manipulation, and finally phoneme manipulation.
The Loleva oral and written language test: psychometric properties
Prof Mennen added: "Welsh speakers may be aware that the stress in most Welsh words lies in the last but one syllable - and learners may be told this - but what Welsh speakers may not realise is that the way the language creates that stress is totally different to the way the English language places emphasis on a syllable.
Getting into the rhythm is key to Welsh; HOW LEARNERS CAN SPEAK LIKE NATIVES
Klonn-Pad has the rules of syllable, Line (Wak), Baat, Bot and relational rule of syllable in each Wak [4].
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